Bracelet hook



N. T. NELSON BRACELET HOOK Aug. 26 1924. 1,506,439

Filed Jan. 29. 1924 Qmwmm, 7 Nels TNe/s on 2s if 23 v dummy Patented Aug, 26, 1924.

UNITED STATES PATENT QFFlfiE.

NELS '1. NELSON, OF ATTLEBORO, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO J. F. STURDYS SONS 00., OF ATTLEBORO FALLS, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

BRACELET Application filed January 29, 1924.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Nuns T. NELSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Attleboro, in the county of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bracelet Hooks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a hook or coupler more particularly adapted to attach the ends of a bracelet to a wrist watch and the link, and the object of this invention is to provide a simple and practical construction of such a hook or coupler which is adapted at one end to be attached or conneotedvto a bracelet and which is provided with a hookshaped portion at its end to engage the bail or loop on a watch.

A further object of this invention is the provision of a spring tongue member for closing the hook to prevent accidental disengagement from the watch.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, as will be more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a watch showing the ends of a bracelet as connected thereto by my improved hook or coupler.

Figure 2 is a perspective view illustrating my coupler as formed of sheet stock with a portion adapted to be folded over to provide a tubular or hollow body portion on the hook member.

Figure 3 shows the stock of the body folded to form a hollow portion.

Figure 4 is a section on line H of Figure 2 showing the pair of fingers which are attached to one of the walls of the body for locking the tongue member in posit-ion.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the tongue member.

Figure 6 shows one end of the tongue member as housed in the body of the hook member, the latter being shown partially in section and connected to a member of the bracelet.

Figure 7 is a section through the hook member showing the tongue member as mounted therein.

Figure 8 is a perspective view of one of the link members formed at its ends to en gage and be hooked into the end wall of the hook member.

HOOK.

serial No. 689,230.

It is found in the practical construction and operation of hook members of this char acter which are designed to attach the ends of the link bracelet to a watch, of advantage to construct the body of the hook so that the next adjacent link can be readily connected thereto; also to provide a tongue to be carried in the hook-member, which may be readily moved to permit the hook to engage or be connected to the hail of a watch, and as readily moved to be disconnected therefrom; and the following is a detailed description of one construction by which these advantageous results may be accomplished With reference to the drawings, 10 designates the hook-member proper, which is provided with a hollow body portion 11 at one end and a hook-member 12 at its opposite end, both being connected by a shank member 13.

This hollow body portion is preferably constructed from sheet stock, the side walls 14: being drawn up as illustrated in Figure 2, which side walls have portions extending along the shank portion as at 15 to form a channel. The top plate 16, as illustrated in Figures 2 and 3, is formed integral with the bottom plate 11 thereof and is first bent up to form a rear wall 18 and then forwardly to form the upper wall 16, the edges of the side walls 14 being then rolled over those of the top wall 16 to fasten the whole together and form a hollow body 11.

This rear wall is partially removed forming two T-shaped slots 19 for the reception of a link which connects the adjacent ends of the chain or bracelet to the hook-mem'- ber.

The forward wall of this chamber or ho-l low body is cut so as to provide a pair of spaced-apart, downwardly-extendirrg fingers 20 for the purpose presently described.

In practice it is found necessary to pro vide means for closing the hook so as to pre vent it from becoming accidentally disengaged and to accomplish this in a simple and effective way, I have provided a tonguemember 21, the forward edge 22 of which is adapted to cooperate with the hook portion 12 of the other member to close the same and the opposite end of this tongue is reduced laterally as at 23 to provide a resilient arm which is folded back upon itself as at 24, and this reduced and folded portion is housed in the hollow body 11 of the hook member with its folded portion at 28 resting against the end wall 18 of the body.

The tongue member is provided with two slots 26 formed through it and through these slots the fingers 20 extend whereby this tongue is locked in the hollow body and this folded under arm 24 serves to cause the free end 22 of this tongue to engage the under side of the hook to normally close the same.

In connecting this hook member to other elements such as links in a bracelet or chain, I have provided a U-shaped link 27 as illustrated in Figure 8, the ends 28 oi? which are preferably formed with a T-shaped head to engage the correspondingly shaped openings 19 in the end wall of the hook member, whereby the pressing together of the ends 28 causes them to register with the elongated portion oi these openings 19 and when released they separate and their narrow neck portions enter the correspondingly shaped openings of these recesses thereby locking the link to the hook, the Ll-shaped link in Figure 6, is illustrated as being partially housed in the next adjacent link 29 of the bracelet or chain 30, whereby the end of this chain is connected to the hook.

My improved hook or coupler is extremely simple and practical in construction and st fective in its operation and by its use the ends of a bracelet and the like may be readily connected to a watch or other device.

The foregoing description is directed solely towards the construction illustrated, but I desire it to be understood that I reserve the privilege of resorting to all the mechanical changes to which the device is susceptible, the invention being defined and limited only by the terms of the appended claims.

I claim:

' l. A bracelet hook having a hollow body portion with an elongated shank formed in hook shape at one end, a tongue member cooperating at its outer end with the hook to close it, the opposite end of the tongue having a resilient arm housed in said hollow portion and said arm being folded back upon itself and serving as a spring to normally hold the tongue in closed position.

2. A bracelet hook having a hollow body portion with a shank in hook shape at its engaging end, a tongue member shaped at its outer end to close said hook, its opposite end being housed in said hollow body, a finger in the wall of said housing body we tending through an opening in said tongue to lock it in the body, and spring means for applying a hook-closing tension to said tongue.

3. A sheet metal bracelet hook comprising a body portion having a shank portion with its outer end flaring and formed in hook shape, said shank portion being channelshaped with folded-up integral side walls following said flaring contour, and a correspondingly flaringly shaped spring actuated tongue member guided between the walls of said channel for closing said hook.

4:. A bracelet hook having a hollow body portion and a shank portion formed in hook shape at its outer end, a tongue member for closing the hook having a resilient arm folded back upon itself and housed in said body serving as a spring to normally hold the tongue in closed position, and a bar supported by a wall of said hollow body extending into an opening in said tongue to lock the arm end of said tongue in said body portion.

5. A sheet-metal bracelet hook having a hollow body and shank portion formed from a single piece of stock, said body portion having an end wall adapted to receive a connecting link, said shank being channel shaped and extending from said body with a hook-shaped outer end and a sheet metal tongue member working in said channeled portion and having a resilient portion housed in said body to yieldingly press the outer end of the tongue into hook-closing position.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

NELS T. NELSON. 

